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William Lutwiniak
William Lutwiniak

New York Times, Tuesday, December 15, 1987

44-Across : Chafe

Author:
William Lutwiniak
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
William Lutwiniak has 304 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,916
Across
1
Open somewhat : AJAR
5
Twinklers : STARS
10
Pequod's skipper : AHAB
14
No great shakes : SOSO
15
Martinique peak : PELEE
16
Pram pusher : NANA
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First change to 35 Across : THEBILLOFRIGHTS
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Memorabilia : ANA
21
Count calories : DIET
22
Bribe : GREASE
23
Ditty : SONG
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Chicago gridder : BEAR
25
Actress McDaniel : HATTIE
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Verve : ELAN
29
Sch.-zone sign : SLO
32
Bitter : ACRID
33
Briefed : INON
34
Manifestation : SHOW
35
Masterpiece of 1787 : THECONSTITUTION
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Wales's floral emblem : LEEK
39
Corrida kudos : OLES
40
T.L.C. maven : NURSE
41
Strange : ODD
42
Say it is so : AVER
43
Squabble : BICKER
44
Chafe : FRET
45
Baseball's Connie : MACK
46
Warning of yore : ALARUM
49
Bit of ice : CUBE
50
Song introduced in "Sunny" : WHO
53
Day to celebrate 17 Across : DECEMBERFIFTEEN
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Roy's wife : DALE
57
Raise the spirits : ELATE
58
Extremely : VERY
59
Pitcher Chandler : SPUD
60
Unbending : RIGID
61
Summit : APEX
Down
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Nick and Nora's pooch : ASTA
2
A Barrymore : JOHN
3
On the Aegean : ASEA
4
Burgle : ROB
5
Carpentry groove : SPLINE
6
Part of A.T.&T. : TELEG
7
Heaps : ALOT
8
Ump's cousin : REF
9
"___ York," 1941 movie : SERGEANT
10
Wrath : ANGER
11
Guffaw : HAHA
12
Certain colonists : ANTS
13
Diamond feature : BASE
18
A Broadway hit: 1966 : IDOIDO
19
Ex-shahdom : IRAN
23
Cudgel : STICK
24
City on the Loire : BLOIS
25
Creator of "Little Iodine" : HATLO
26
Throbbed : ACHED
27
At bay : TREED
28
Inscribe : ENTER
29
Goldbrick : SHIRK
30
At large : LOOSE
31
Person of property : OWNER
33
Key : ISLET
34
Adhered : STUCK
36
Election time : NOVEMBER
37
Halloween beneficiary : UNICEF
42
Cuckoopint : ARUM
43
Handled tenderly; humored : BABIED
44
Unbound : FREED
45
Civilian wear : MUFTI
46
Amplifies : ADDS
47
Vault : LEAP
48
Rights org. : ACLU
49
Rugged rock : CRAG
50
Cry : WEEP
51
On earth : HERE
52
Gemstone : ONYX
54
Inventor Whitney : ELI
55
U.S. dam complex : TVA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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